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The administrative agency to be a non-partisan commission with 

 wide latitude to determine regulations. Commission to be backed by 

 laws providing suitable penalties for non-compliance. It should be 

 authorized to grow forest stock and distribute it at cost, and to advise 

 and assist private forest owners in the practice of forestry. It should 

 be charged with the acquisition and administration of State Forests. 



Measures for increasing State and Municipal Forests. 



Studies of forest taxation. 



AMERICAN PAPER AND PULP ASSOCIATION 



The plan suggested by this organization is embodied in the report 

 of its Committee on Forest Conservation, published April 15, 1920. 



The program is practically the same as that advanced by the Forest 

 Service. The various measures are so similar that a detailed statement 

 would be merely a repetition of most of the clauses given above. It 

 will suffice, therefore, merely to note the differences and additions in 

 the Association plan. 



Federal Legislation 



Under appropriations for co-operative work with the States an 

 annual sum of $1,000,000 is suggested at the start, with "automatic 

 increases up to a maximum of $5,000,000 as the States qualify under 

 the provisions for co-operation." The distribution of forest planting 

 material is included in this clause. 



•For the purchase of lands under the Weeks Law an annual appropri- 

 ation of $3,000,000 is recommended. 



The appropriation for forest planting in National Forests is placed 

 at $1,000,000 from the start. 



The appropriation for forest surveys is put at $500,000 a year, to 

 continue as long as necessary. 



A permanent annual appropriation of $500,000 is recommended for 

 forest research and investigation, for the most part in the field of wood 

 utilization. 



State Legislation 



Authorizing the States, on request, to take charge of the reforesting 

 of private timberlands, the cost to be a lien on the crop when harvested. 



Authorizing the States to take over private forest lands at a fair 

 valuation in case the owners fail to avail themselves of the oppor- 

 tunities and assistance provided by the public to encourage forestry 

 upon private lands. 



